MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 79 19.7 18.3 91 1.5 18.8 29 7 292.2 294.6 291.6 329.6 13.21 1 1000 145 19.4 18.0 91 1.4 18.5 30 9 292.6 294.9 291.6 329.7 13.08 2 950 586 18.6 15.8 84 2.8 16.7 20 7 296.1 298.2 291.9 330.5 11.94 3 900 1053 20.7 10.4 52 10.3 14.3 19 8 302.8 304.5 291.5 329.1 8.82 4 850 1546 19.9 5.5 39 14.4 11.4 359 10 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.3 6.66 5 800 2066 16.9 2.2 37 14.7 8.7 344 15 309.2 310.2 290.7 326.6 5.63 6 750 2612 13.0 -0.1 40 13.1 6.0 341 18 310.7 311.7 290.7 326.6 5.07 7 700 3187 8.5 -2.9 45 11.4 2.7 334 18 311.8 312.7 290.5 325.7 4.40 8 650 3794 3.2 -5.9 51 9.1 -1.0 308 22 312.6 313.3 290.2 324.7 3.80 9 600 4436 -2.5 -10.1 56 7.5 -5.6 299 28 313.2 313.8 289.6 322.7 2.96 10 550 5120 -6.3 -26.3 19 20.0 -11.6 293 34 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.4 0.81 11 500 5860 -10.4 -46.0 4 35.6 -15.9 298 40 320.3 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.12 12 450 6660 -16.6 -45.3 6 28.6 -20.6 295 45 322.3 322.4 289.6 322.9 0.15 13 400 7533 -23.7 -40.9 19 17.2 -26.0 292 52 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.27 14 350 8492 -31.5 -38.0 52 6.6 -32.3 288 49 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.41 15 300 9563 -40.5 -43.6 73 3.0 -40.8 290 51 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.27 16 250 10780 -49.3 -56.9 41 7.6 -49.6 297 62 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 17 200 12212 -57.6 -63.3 48 5.7 -57.7 288 76 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 14008 -63.7 -76.5 16 12.9 -63.8 269 55 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16443 -69.4 -82.9 12 13.5 -69.5 272 44 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.35 m Freezing level: 622.02 mb = 4152.95 m = 13625.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.80 mb = 3621.72 m = 11882.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.74 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.77 mb = 259.76 m = 852.23 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.01 mb = 2803.00 m = 9196.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.66 C = 101.59 F Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.16 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.28 C Cross Totals Index: 15.89 C K Index: 24.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 597.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.21 mb = 993.55 m = 3259.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.21 mb = 4551.79 m = 14933.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 581.21 mb = 4686.01 m = 15373.86 ft B at Equ Level: 35.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.21 mb = 10748.10 m = 35262.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -9.2 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 52.81 m/s